38 57.617 N
74 52.001 W
145 NM does not sound much, but it takes us about 20 hours. Rather than take three days we decided to take advantage of the good forecast and "do an overnight" on the Atlantic.
We dropped the moorings in Port Washington at 11:10 AM on Tuesday. Could not leave any earlier as we had to catch the slack and the ebb down the East river, past the east side of Manhattan and out New York harbor to the Atlantic. We arrived at the Cape May entrance at 7 AM on Wednesday morning, a bit earlier than expected. It was nice and calm so we dropped anchor outside on the Atlantic shore in about 15' of water to wait for the marina to answer the phone.
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| Sunrise, Cavara off Cape May |
We have now made the run down the East River along the east side of Manhattan at least 1/2 dozen times, but it is still fun. We tend to go crazy with the camera, but this time I decided just to focus on the bridges.
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| Throgsneck Bridge - the first bridge - complete with petroleum barge |
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| Bronkx-Whitestone Bridge - Empire State Building in the background |
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| Hells gate Bridge - this is where the current really picks up |
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| Triborough Bridge |
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| Queensborough Bridge. You can see the tidal flow rapids on the left |
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| Williamsburg Bridge |
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| Manhatten Bridge with the Brooklyn Bridge behind |
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| Brooklyn Bridge - everybody's favorite |
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| Verrazano Narrows Bridge - last one |
We met this freighter on the way out Ambrose channel. He did not really follow our rules and got a bit close. I told Deidre not to worry
It was totally dark by 7 PM. The first hour or so of running in the dark is a bit spooky. We have the radar and chart plotter running, so we can avoid most obstacles. Don and I had previously agreed on a route that avoided known obstacles, such as "fish havens" that are delineated by unlit buoys that would really scratch up Tide Hiker if we ran into one.
Deidre and I split up into 2 hours shifts starting before dark so we can bank a little sleep. It gets a bit boring "on watch" at night and it is almost a relief for an unidentified blip to appear on the radar. Both of us sleep pretty well, I find the engine noise and the movement of the boat to be quite relaxing, Deidre not so much.
The sun came up about an hour before we reached the Cape May entrance. We were a bit early so we dropped the anchor and took a nap just off the beach a bit south of the entrance. The marina called back about 9 AM so we recovered the anchor and headed in.
Once settled in the marina we all hit the sack. Early departure up the Delaware tomorrow. This was our first marina for 5 weeks. It felt quite strange to be able to step off the boat and walk around.
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